Distro Intern Interview Questions
General Internship Questions
- What do you know about Free Geek?
- Did you get a chance to look over the internship description? Do you have any questions about it?
- What interested you most about this particular internship?
- Why do you want to intern with us?
- How does an internship at Free Geek fit into your career goals?
- What do you want to achieve here?
- What specific skills would you like to pick up while interning here?
- What would your last supervisor say your strengths are? What would s/he say your areas for improvement are?
- Do you work best by yourself or with other people around?
- Are there any skills or achievements that you'd like to share with us?
- Have you ever worked with a volunteer run, grassroots organization? What did you learn about how to actually accomplish things in this environment?
- Do you have any questions for me?
* What is your availability? Can you commit for the length of the internship? (Remind them that the position starts in January.)
- (If the interviewee is completing the internship for school credit or other organization's program) What sort of paperwork should I expect to fill out?
Distro Specific Questions
- What is your experience with computers? Hardware? Software?
- What is your previous experience with software testing?
- Have you ever come across a bug in a program? What did you do about it?
- What kind of experience do you have in writing documentation, formal or informal? (Published, forums, e-mail, etc.)
- What is your experience with Linux, and what interests you about it? Which distributions have you worked with?
- What do you know about the philosophy of Free and Open Source software?
- MS Library question (poke Tony)
* What kind of experience do you have working in a collaborative team environment?
- What kind of experience do you have working with people who are less able with IT than you? What lessons did you learn from this experience?